Proverb: A bad penny always turns up. This originated from the clipping of coins in the Middle Ages, making the coins bad. Meaning of this proverb: A disreputable or prodigal person will always return. More generally, this proverb refers to the recurrence of any unwanted event. Our present expression of this would be "what goes around comes around".

Acrylic

Acrylic is a synthetic fiber. It add adds stability and long lasting wear to fabrics. Acrylic is a fibre that is used to imitate wools, including cashmere, and is often used in replacement of them.

Cashmere

Cashmere comes from the hair of the indian cashmere goat. This is a type of wool known for it's softness.

Combed Cotton

Combed Cotton is a type of extra soft cotton that has been subjected to an additional step in production that removes short fibres and straightens those that remain. The result is a more stronger, more even and more compact yarn.

Mohair

Mohair comes from the North African Angora goat. This is a type of wool known for it's softness.

Silk

Silk is an animal textile made from the fibres of the cocoon of the Chinese silkworm which is spun into a smooth fabric prized for its softness. There are two main types of the silk: ‘mulberry silk’ produced by the Bombyx Mori, and ‘wild silk’ such as Tussah silk. Silkworm larvae produce the first type, if cultivated in habitats with fresh mulberry leaves for consumption, while Tussah silk is produced by silkworms feeding purely on oak leaves. Around four fifths of the world’s silk production consists of cultivated silk.

Spandex (tradename Lycra)

Spandex is a polyurethane product that can be made tight-fitting without imeding movement. It is used to make activewear, bras and swimsuits.

Wool

Wool is made from the hair of domestic goat or sheep.. This is distinguished from other types of animal hair in that the individual strands are coated with scales and are tightly crimped, and the wool as a whole is coated with a wax mixture known as lanolin (aka wool grase), which is waterproof and dirtproof.

Amazon.com Inc., doing business as Amazon is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seatle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994. The tech giant is the largest internet retailer in the world.

Jeff Bezos selected the name Amazon by looking through the dictionary, he settled on "Amazon" because it was a place that was "exotic" and "different", just as he had envisioned for his internet enterprise. The Amazon river, he noted was the biggest river in the world, and he planned to make his store the biggest in the world.

Amazon was founded in the garage of Jeff Bezos' home in Bellevule, Washington, USA.

Jeff Bezos created a list of 20 products that could be marketed online. He narrowed the list to what he felt was the five most promising products, which included compact discs, computer hardware, computer software, videos and books. Jeff Bezos finally decided his new business would sell books online.

Since June 19, 2000, Amazon's logotype has featured a curved arrow leading from A to Z, representing that the company carries every product from A to Z, with the arrow shaped like a smile.

Amazon is continuing to grow. It is venturing into new markets and is continuosly diversifying it's product lines.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves ~ Leo Tolstoy.

Amazon faces increased competion in the future as other retailers put more effort in improving their online presence

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing ~ George Bernard Shaw